Journal•ISSN: 1057-2252
Technical Communication Quarterly
Routledge
About: Technical Communication Quarterly is an academic journal published by Routledge. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Technical communication & Technical writing. It has an ISSN identifier of 1057-2252. Over the lifetime, 793 publications have been published receiving 14037 citations. The journal is also known as: TCQ.
Topics: Technical communication, Technical writing, Rhetorical question, Professional communication, Rhetoric
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TL;DR: The authors argue that risk is socially constructed, and that risk assessment is a way to frame ethical audience involvement and argue for the technical communicator as one possessing the research and writing skills necessary for the complex processes of constructing risk.
Abstract: In this article, we build on arguments in risk communication that the predominant linear risk communication models are problematic for their failure to consider audience and additional contextual issues. The “failure”; of these risk communication models has led, some scholars argue, to a number of ethical and communicative problems. We seek to extend the critique, arguing that “risk”; is socially constructed. The claim for the social construction of risk has significant implications for both risk communication and the roles of technical communicators in risk situations. We frame these implications as a “critical rhetoric”; of risk communication that (1) dissolves the separation of risk assessment from risk communication to locate epistemology within communicative processes; (2) foregrounds power in risk communication as a way to frame ethical audience involvement; (3) argues for the technical communicator as one possessing the research and writing skills necessary for the complex processes of constructing...
189 citations
TL;DR: The authors analyzes the location of "value" in technical communication contexts, arguing that current models of technical communication embrace an outdated, self-deprecating, industrial approach subordinating information to concrete technological products.
Abstract: This article analyzes the location of "value" in technical communication contexts, arguing that current models of technical communication embrace an outdated, self-deprecating, industrial approach subordinating information to concrete technological products. By rethinking technical communication in terms of Reich's "symbolic-analytic work," technical communicators and educators can move into a post-industrial model of work that prioritizes information and communication, with benefits to both technical communicators and users.
164 citations
TL;DR: Johnny Saldana and his late coauthors accomplish at least two ambitious goals in Qualitative Data Analysis: A Methods Sourcebook and The Coding Manual for...
Abstract: Johnny Saldana and his late coauthors, Matthew B. Miles and A. Michael Huberman, accomplish at least two ambitious goals in Qualitative Data Analysis: A Methods Sourcebook and The Coding Manual for...
163 citations
159 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present an antenarrative of the field of technical and professional communication to encourage the field to embrace social justice and inclusivity as part of its core narrative.
Abstract: This article presents an antenarrative of the field of technical and professional communication. Part methodology and part practice, an antenarrative allows the work of the field to be reseen, forges new paths forward, and emboldens the field’s objectives to unabashedly embrace social justice and inclusivity as part of its core narrative. The authors present a heuristic that can usefully extend the pursuit of inclusivity in technical and professional communication.
158 citations